By the look of that carefully placed handbag, Jennifer Aniston could have a bump to hide.

While the 45-year-old actress has been plagued by pregnancy rumors for years, she was spotted on two consecutive days in New York wrapped up in a warm coat, with her black purse delicately placed over her stomach.

Then on Tuesday the actress was seen out and about in Manhattan, still wrapped up in black, clutching the same handbag close to her body.

Aniston has been laying low in recent months, and hadn’t been seen with Theroux in public since December, which had sparked rumors of problems in their relationship.

But her low profile could perhaps be for other, happier, reasons. She and Theroux did attend two pre-Oscar bashes together just over a week ago in Los Angeles.

Admittedly, if Aniston had a baby for each time she was rumored to be pregnant, she could have filled the cast of the Broadway production of “Annie” tens of times over by now.

Jennifer Aniston at Fred’s at Barney’s.Photo: PacificCoastNews

Last August she was forced to refute baby rumors yet again, saying she’s just gained “a couple of pounds.”

She said during an interview on the Kyle and Jackie O Show in Australia, “It does feel like they’ve exhausted the question, and also the speculation. It’s all been pretty much exhausted,” Aniston told the show’s hosts. “Why not just wait until we actually get to have the fun of announcing something?”

We can’t bring ourselves to ask Aniston’s rep again about a pregnancy, so time will tell.

And hopefully Jen will get to have the fun of making her long-anticipated announcement.